Child&#39;s vehicle seat



Jan. 6, 1953 INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 6, 1953 UNITED STATES PAT Eur OFFICE...

22,624,394 GHILD'SJsVEHICLEtSEAT Jeanne De Milto, Philadelphia; Pa. Application:Septemberi14, 19'5I',,.Seria1 No. .4z6,59!tv 6. Claims.

The. present invention. nature of an auxiliary seat which isintended-to; be applied .to the conventional seat of. a mtor:ve-

hicle-for the purpose of accommodating a child,

and is concerned primarily with a seat. of this.

relates (to a. seat: in: the;

typein. which provision is. made for seating-.- thechild directly on the vehicle seat.-

The conventional automobile, as constructed:

todayby the maufacturer, includes one. or more: seats which are designed primarily tov accommo-- date adults. A child of tender years is not comfortably accommodated by such vehicle. seats. This fact v has long been recognized, and; there have; been provided seats which are intended to accommodate children. However, in most cases such auxiliary seats have'been supported from the back of the motor vehicle seat, and a child; when sitting thereon, rests his back against the.-.

back of the vehicle'seat; but his feet. are left in a. dangling: condition which is generally uncomfortable.

A conventional motorvehicle seat ordinarilyincludes what might be. called threev supporting surfaces;

cushion, and the front surface of the seatbackz. In .most of the auxiliary seats for childrenhereto foreaprovided, only one of these supporting, sur- These are: the front edge surface of. the seat cushion, the top surface of theseat facesof the vehicle seatis utilized, and thatis-thes:

front surface of the back. In-accordancewith. thepresent invention, an auxiliary seatis providedawhichutilizes two of these supporting surfacesofthe vehicle seat, namely, thefront. edge.

andtop surfaces of the seat cushion.

An important. object .of the: present inventionis:

toprovide an auxiliary seat of thetype indicated which consists essentially of two sideassemblies. which are adapted to be fitted overv thefrontedgeof the vehicle seat and which carry abackwhich extends therebetween. Each. of these sideassemblies mayv also include a side arm support...

The size of children which use; auxiliary seats ofthetype with which this invention. isv concerned, varies. Thus, if any particular childpis .to be: comfortably accommodated, the. back: should be; accurately. positioned relative to the-front .edge. of. the. vehicle seat. A certain distancebetween the'back of the auxiliary seat andthe frontedge.

of. the vehicle: seat which will. comfortably accommodate one child, will notservethispurpose. for another child. With this. condition in. mind, another highly; important object of theinvention istoprovidea child's vehicle seat of'the. type. in-

dicated. which includes. means for adjusting the; position. of the back relativeto the. frontedgeof.

thezvehicle seat on .whichit ismounted- The thicknesses, of the seat cushions of motor vehicles. vary with different manufacturers In. order to accommodatesuch variations in thick nesses, it is necessary that the vehicle seat be adjustable so that. when. applied to a seat, it will be securely mounted thereon. Thus, another. object of. the.invention isv to provide a childsflvehicle;seat.which.is adjustable to the thicknessof the seat cushion. of the particular vehicle seat to which it is-applied.

Both of. these last mentioned. objects are achieved by providing in each side assembly an L.-shaped. or: angle member which fits over the upper. frontedge ofthe vehicle seat. A tubular member-havinga hook at oneend telescopically receiveszthe Verticalleg of the L-shaped member in;.each sideassembly-with the hook engaging the lower frontedge of the. seat cushion. Each. side assembly. also includes a tubular bottom. piece whichtelescopically receives the horizontal leg of the -L-shaped member. Provision is made. for maintaining both tubular pieces which receive the legs of they L-shaped member in anadjusted position vrelativethereto.

Upstanding from the rear ends of the bottom piecesof the. side assemblies are twovertical supports. between: which extends a back support which. prefer-ably; takes; the. form ofa. piece. of'

fabric. Side arm supports are carried by the horizontahbottom pieces, and the vertical. supports.

Variousv other more detailed objects. and advantages of the invention such as arise inconnection' with carrying outtheabove noted ideas. a. practical embodiment will in part become. apparent, andin part be hereinafter stated. as.

tical. support. The back extends between. these vertical supports, and side arm supports arecarried by the bottom pieces and the vertical supports of the side'assemblies. Means are provided.

for maintaining the bottom pieces and hook members in adjusted positions relative to the L- shaped. members.

For a full and more complete understanding of -theinvention, reference may be. had to the following descriptive and accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a portion of the vehicle seat and showing the child's vehicle seat of this invention applied thereto; and

Figure 2 is a detailed perspective illustrating the L-shaped member and parts which are connected thereto of one side assembly in exploded relation.

Referring now to the drawing wherein like reference characters denote corresponding parts, and first more particularly to Figure 1, a portion of a seat of a conventional motor vehicle, is therein illustrated and referred to in its entirety by the reference character V. The seat V includes a bottom which is ordinarily referred to as the seat cushion and which is identified by the reference character I0. This seat cushion ID has a front edge I I and a top surface [2. Upstanding from the rear edge of the seat cushion Ill is a back 13 which is not particularly important to the present invention other than that the back of the auxiliary seat to be later described, is spaced therefrom.

The childs vehicle seat of this invention is applied to the front portion of the seat cushion ll] of the vehicle seat V, and is referred to in its entirety by the reference character S.

The seat S comprises two side assemblies which are substantial duplicates and only one of which is described in detail, as that is believed to be sufficient for the purposes of this specification.

Each side assembly includes an L-shaped or angle member [4 having a vertical leg 15 and a horizontal leg i6. Each of these L-shaped members is fitted over the upper front edge of the seat cushion in, as illustrated in Figure 1 with the vertical leg I5 engaging the edge surface H and the horizontal leg It engaging the top surface l2. This L-shaped member 14 may be of any construction desired, either tubular or solid, and the leg [5 is shown as formed with a series of openings l'l adjacent its free end, while the leg I6 is provided with another series of openings I8 adjacent its free end. The purpose of these openings I1 and I8 will be later pointed out.

Each side assembly also includes an anchoring member l9 which comprises a tubular part 23 to which is integrally joined a hook 21. The tubular part 26 receives the vertical leg I5 and engages the front edge surface I l of the seat cushion lil With the hook 2i engaging the bottom of the seat cushion. Adjacent to its free end, the tubular part 26 is formed with an opening 22 which may be threaded and which is adapted to align with one of the openings If. A peg 23 passes through these aligned openings and may have a threaded portion which is screwed into the threads of the opening 22. It is evident that this peg is effective to maintain the anchoring member ill in an adjusted position relative to the vertical leg [5 of the L-shaped member i4. Each side assembly also includes a tubular bottom piece 24 whichtelescopically receives the horizontal leg l6 of the L-shaped member l4. Adjacent to its free end, the bottom piece 24 is formed with an opening 25 which may be threaded and which is adapted to align with one of the openings IS. A peg 26 passes through these aligned openings and may have a threaded portion which is screwed into the threads of the opening 25.

It is evident that with the peg 2B in position, the bottom piece 24 is maintained in an adjusted position relative to the vertical leg it of the L- shaped member l4.

Upstanding from the rear end of each bottom piece 24 and preferably formed integrally therewith is a vertical support 21. A side arm support is shown at 28. This side arm support extends forwardly of the vertical support 27 at an appropriate height above the bottom piece 24 and has one end joined to the vertical support 27 in any preferred manner such as by welding, the joint being indicated at 29. A brace for the side arm support 28 is shown at 30 and extends upwardly from the bottom piece 24.

A back is represented at 3| and is shown as extending between the vertical supports 27. This back may be of any material desired, although the invention has particularly in mind the use of a fabric which may be secured to the vertical supports 21 in any preferred manner such as by having its edges turned back to form loops which receive the vertical supports.

The side assemblies are maintained in a desired spaced relation by a crosspiece 32 which is preferably located at the joinders of the bottom pieces 24 and vertical supports 27. The ends of the crosspiece 32 may be secured to the side assemblies in any preferred manner such as by being welded thereto. These joints are represented at 33.

While the manner of using the childs vehicle seat above described is believed to be obvious from the illustration of the drawing and the description of the parts given it may be briefly outlined as follows:

The anchoring members l9 are first adjusted on the legs I5 to accommodate the thickness of the seat cushion IQ of the particular vehicle seat on which the seat S is to be installed. This adjustment is achieved by first removing the pegs 23 and telescoping the legs I5 in the tubular parts 20 the required distance to bring one of the openings I! of each leg into alignment with the opening 22 of the tubular part 28. The pegs 23 are now replaced to maintain the adjustment. This adjustment may be carried out either before or after the seat S is supplied to the vehicle seat V. Once the adjustment has been made the seat S may be removed and replaced without further adjustment.

The bottom pieces 24 are also adjusted relative to the horizontal legs Hi to locate the back 3| the required distance from the front surface ll of the seat Ill. When the pegs 2B are positioned, this adjustment will be maintained.

A child may now sit on the top surface I2 of the seat cushion It between the side assemblies and be comfortably accommodated by the back 3| and side arm supports 28.

The seat S may be easily removed by simply imparting an upward and forward motion to the vertical supports 21 or back 3|.

While a preferred specific embodiment of the invention is hereinbefore set forth, it is to be clearly understood that the invention is not to be limited to the exact constructions, mechanisms and devices illustrated and described, because various modifications of these details may be provided in putting the invention into practice within the purview of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: V

1. In a childs vehicle seat, a pair of side assemblies, a, crosspiece connected to and extending between said side assemblies, each of said side assemblies including an L-shaped member adapted tofit over the upper front edge of a veincle seat cushion and including a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, and anchoring member adjustably secured to each vertical leg, a bottom piece adjustably secured to each horizontal leg, a vertical support upstanding from the end of each bottom piece remote from its attachment to said vertical leg, and a back extending between and carried by said vertical supports.

2. In a childs vehicle seat, a pair of side as semblies, a crosspiece connected to and extending between said side assemblies, each of said side assemblies including an L-shaped member adapted to fit over the upper front edge of a vehicle seat cushion and having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, an anchoring member having a tubular part telescopically receiving the vertical leg of each of said L-shaped members and having a hook integrally joined to the opposite end thereof, means for maintaining said anchoring members in an adjusted position relative to said L-shaped members, a vertical support upstanding from the end of each bottom piece remote from said L-shaped members, and a back supported by and extending between said vertical supports.

3. In a childs vehicle seat, a pair of side assemblies, a crosspiece connected to and extending between said side assemblies, each of said side assemblies including an L-shaped member adapted to fit over the upper front edge of a vehicle seat cushion and having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, an anchoring member having a tubular part telescopically receiving the vertical leg of each of said L-shaped members and having a hook integrally joined to the opposite end thereof, means for maintaining said anchoring members in an adjusted position relative to said L-shaped members, a tubular bottom piece telescopically receiving the horizontal leg of each L-shaped member, means for maintaining said bottom pieces in an adjusted position relative to said L-shaped members, a vertical support upstanding from the end of each bottom piece remote from said L-shaped members, a back supported by and extending between said vertical supports, and a side arm support included in each side assembly and carried by the bottom piece and vertical support of that side assembly.

4. In a childs vehicle seat, a pair of side assemblies, a crosspiece connected to and extending between said side assemblies, each of said side assemblies including an L-shaped member adapted to fit over the upper front edge of a vehicle seat cushion and having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, a pair of anchoring members having a hook at one end, a telescopic joint between the other end of each anchoring member and one of said vertical legs, a pair of bottom pieces, a telescopic joint between one end of each bottom piece and one of said horizontal legs, a

vertical support upstanding from the other end of each bottom piece, and a back carried by and extending between said vertical supports.

5. In a childs vehicle seat, a pair of side assemblies, a crosspiece connected to and extending between said side assemblies, each of said side assemblies including an L-shaped member adapted to fit over the upper front edge of a vehicle seat cushion and having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, a pair of anchoring members having a hook at one end, a telescopic joint between the other end of each anchoring member and one of said vertical legs, a pair of bottom pieces, a telescopic joint between one end of each bottom piece and one of said horizontal legs, a vertical support upstanding from the other end of each bottom piece and integrally joined thereto, a fabric back carried by and extending between said vertical suports, a side arm support extending forwardly from each vertical support and connected thereto, and a brace for each side arm support extending upwardly from each bottom piece.

6. In a childs vehicle seat, a pair of side assemblies, a crosspiece connected to and extending between said side assemblies, each of said side assemblies including an L-Shaped member adapted to fit over the upper front edge of a vehicle seat cushion and having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, a pair of anchoring members having a hook at one end, a telescopic joint between the other end of each anchoring member and one of said vertical legs, means for maintaining said anchoring members in an adjusted position relative to said L-shaped members, a pair of bottom pieces, a telescopic joint between one end of each bottom piece and one of said horizontal legs, means for maintaining said bottom pieces in an adjusted position relative to said L -shaped members, a vertical support upstanding from the other end of each bottom piece and integrally joined thereto, a fabric back carried by and extending between said vertical supports, a side arm support extending forwardly from each vertical support and connected thereto, and a brace for each side arm support extending upwardly from each bottom piece.

JEANNE DE MILTO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,809,392 Ponten et al June 9, 1931 2,308,315 Smith Jan. 12, 1943 2,480,310 Torrey Aug. 30, 1949 2,491,784 Thompson Dec. 20, 1949 2,529,532 Abbott et al. Nov. 14, 1950 

